ArtsNational Canberra Guest: Christopher Garibaldi Lecture
FROM BISCUITS TO BLOUSES: THE ART AND TIMES OF GARIBALDI
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882) was a leading figure in the unification of Italy during the 19th century. He attracted almost fanatical devotion, capturing the imagination of Italians but also the British. Interest in Britain prompted a fashion for everything from Staffordshire figurines, biscuits and blouses to the red shirts symbolising the Risorgimento (the movement for unification).
Garibaldi visited Britain in 1864 when over 500,000 Londoners turned out to see him in Trafalgar Square. This lecture looks at Garibaldi through the art of the Risorgimento, using paintings, newspaper accounts and popular cultural representations of him to explain his popularity.
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882) was a leading figure in the unification of Italy during the 19th century. He attracted almost fanatical devotion, capturing the imagination of Italians but also the British. Interest in Britain prompted a fashion for everything from Staffordshire figurines, biscuits and blouses to the red shirts symbolising the Risorgimento (the movement for unification).
Garibaldi visited Britain in 1864 when over 500,000 Londoners turned out to see him in Trafalgar Square. This lecture looks at Garibaldi through the art of the Risorgimento, using paintings, newspaper accounts and popular cultural representations of him to explain his popularity.
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National Library of Australia
Parkes ACT 2600
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ArtsNational Canberra Guest: Christopher Garibaldi Lecture
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